Talking-machine.



J. C. ENGLISH.

TALKING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED MAY 29, I909. RENEWED SEPT.24, 1914.

Patented May 2, 1916.

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TALKING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED MAY 29, 1909. RENEWED SEPT.24.I 914.

1,181,655. Patented May2,1916.

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TALKING MACHINE. APPLICAT|0N -FILED MAY 29. 1909. RENEWED sEPT'.24.1914.

Patented May 2, 1916.

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INVENTOR A TTORNEY J. C. ENGLISHQ TALKING MACHIN E. APPLICATION FILEDMAY 29, I909- RENEWED SEPT-24, I914- Patented May 2,1916.

6 SHEETS-SHEET 5- INVENTOR WITNESSES ATTORNEY J. C. ENGLISH.

TALKING MACHINE. APPLICATION men MAY 29. I909- RENEWED sEPT. 24, 1914.

1,1 1,655 Patented May 2, 1916.

6 SHEETS-SHEET 6- INVENTOR j v 1/06/5 C By mwm A TTORNEY WITNESSES Ibracket fixed upon the body UNITED -TATS PATNT JOHN C. ENGLISH, 0FCAMDEN, NEW JERSEY, AS SIGNOR T0 VICTOR TALKING MACHINE COMPANY, AQOEPOBATION-iOF NEW JERSEY. I

TALKING-MACHINE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN C. ENGLISH, a

citizen of the United States, and a resident of'the city of Camden,county of Camden, and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Talking-Machines, of which the following is aspecification. I

he main objects of this invention are to provide a compact, strong anddurable talking machine of artistic appearance having an inclosedamplifier; to provide an inclosed talking machine having a casing whichmay be readily taken a part for repairs or transportation; to provide atalking machine having a record support, a radial sound box arm and asound box carried thereby and provided ing the record support, the soundbox and a portion of the radial arm; to provide a talking machine havinga casing, a hollow the outside of the casing, a sound box arm and soundbox carried over the casing by the bracket, an amplifier carried by thebracket in the base of the casing, and a removable cover over the soundbox and a portion of the sound box arm; to provide an improved doorconstruction for talking machines; to provide an improved antifrictionmounting'for a radial sound box arm; and to provide other improvementsas will appear hereinafter.

In the accompanying drawings Figure '1 is a front elevation of a talkingmachine constructed in accordance with this invention; Fig. 2 a sideelevation of the same; Fig. 3 a rear elevation of the same; Fig. 4 aside elevation of the same partly in longitudinal vertical section: Fig.5 a top perspective view of a portion of the same; Fig. 6 a fragmentarybottom perspective view of a portion of the same immediately above theportion shown in Fig. 5; Fig. 7 a. fragmentary perspective view of oneof the doors of the same; Fig. 8 a vertical section of the anti-frictionmounting of the radial sound box arm; Fig. 9 a transverse section online 9-9 of Fig. 8.

Referring to the drawings, which show a single embodimentof thisinvention, the device comprises a casing or cabinet consisting of a bodyor main portion 1 mounted upon a: removable base portion 2, the top, ofbeing provided with a removable cover 3. Mounted upon the main portion 1Specification of Letters Patent.

with a removable cover for inclos' Patented May 2, Militia.

Renewed September 24, 191%. Serial No. 863,387.

of the casing is the usual turntable for supporting a disk record4 andwithin the mam portion 1 of the casing is the usual motor (not shown)for actuating the turntable. Outside of the casing and rigidly securedto the rear side thereof is a hollow upwardly extending bracket 5,rotatably mounted in the upper cylindrical end of which is a radialsound box arm 6, extend-" ing inwardly through an arched recess 7 in thelower edge of the rear end of the cover 3, and over the top of theturntable L, and carrying connected to its inner or free end, by meansof the usual U-shaped tube 8, the usual sound box 9.

The bracket 5 flares downwardly and the opening 5 through the bracketincreases constantly in area downwardly and the lower end of the bracket5 projects through an opening 10, provided therefor in the base of thecasing, and terminates within the base adjacent the. opening in arectangular, 0blong, horizontally arranged socket 11, in which isrigidly mounted one end of a transversely rectangular amplifier 12,which is entirely supported by the bracket 5, and which terminates atits free end adjacent the front of the base of the casing, the bracketand the amplifier being entirely free from contact with the base of thecasing. Wax or other suitable material may be applied in the jointbetween the amplifier and the bracket to seal the joint and to hold theam plifier securely in position. The ends 22 and 23 of the cover 3 ofthe cabinet have substantially straight lower edges and curved upperedges making the ends substantially semi-elliptical in shape, and thetop 24 of the cover is curved to bring the upper surface of the topflush with the ends, the upper inner edges of the ends being recessed asat 25 to receive the ends of the top. The height of the top issufficient to permit the sound box to be inverted and to rest when ininoperative position upon the upper part of the sound box arm as isusual. The dimensions of the cover and of the aperture in the rear videdat each end with the upper end of the .base, and

tending from the top of the bracket a short distance downwardly in theenlarged portion of the bracket. forming a socket in which telescopes asubstantially cylindrical hollow head or casing 30, the lower end of thehead being provided with an external annular recess to form acylindrical neck 31, fitting in the bracket, and an annular shoulder 32,resting against the upper end of the bracket. The upper end of the head30, is closed by an annular cover 33, the under surface of which isprovided with an annular peripheral recess 34, to receive the upper endof the head and the cover is held in place by screws 35, through thecover and threaded into the head. The rear edge of the upper portion ofthe body of the cabinet is preferably recessed as at 35 to receive theinner side of the head 30 and the inner side of: the upper end of thebracket 5.

The outer or larger end of the taper arm 6 is substantially cylindricaland fits snugly but rotatably through the central opening of the cover33 and extends downwardly in the head. The portion of the arm 6 withinthe head is surrounded by a sleeve 36, rigidly secured to the arm by anysuitable means, and is enlarged at each end and proan annular groove 37,coaxial therewith to form bearings for anti-friction balls 38. Theinterior of the head 30 is enlarged to receive the sleeve and to form,bearings 37, opposite the bearings 37 of the sleeve, the oppositelydisposed bearings forming annular race ways to hold the balls 38 inplace. The halls surrounding sleeve rest in the angle between the sideand cover of the head, and the balls surrounding the lower end of thesleeve rest in the annular groove 37, between the lower portion and theupper enlarged portion of the head. The halls in each raceway areseparated by means of segmental space bars. round in cross section andof less diameter than the balls, loosely mounted in the raceway.Preferably but three balls are used in each raceway, the balls beingequispaced and each ball being separated from the adjacent ball by meansof one of the segmental space bars, forming a three-point hearing orsupport in each raceway, for the sound box arm, the advantages of whichare obvious. The head is held in a fixed position in the hollow bracket5 means of a thumb screw readily removed from the ening the screw.

The base of the cabinet projects outwardly from each side of the mainportion 1 of the cabinet, so as to permit of the use of a relativelylarge amplifier within the the base comprises a bottom member 40, twoside members 41-42, and an end member 43 rigidly secured together. Theend member is recessed as at 10, as hereby 39, and may be bracket byloostofore described, to receive the lower end of the hollow bracket 5,and the side members s land 42 extend from the end member toward thefront of the machine and terminate a short distance from the front edgeof the bottom member 40. The upper and lower edges of the outer surfacesof the sides 41 and-42 are provided with moldings l4, integral therewithto increase the rigidity of the sides and to add to the ornamentaleffect of the casing.

The front of the base of the cabinet is formed by the two doors 45, thetop upper edges being flush with the upper edges of the Sides 41 and 42of the doors being flush with the side surfaces of the sides of thebase, and the inner ends of the doors meeting centrally of the frontofthe cabinet. Each of these doors is provided with a knob -15 and uponits upper edge at its outer end with a plate 46, set into a recessprovided therefor in the door and held in position by means of screws46, the upper surface and the side edges and'the outer end edge thecorresponding surfaces of the door. The lower edge of each doorisprovided with a corresponding plate 47 fixed in the recess providedtherefor in the door and held in position by screws 47'. these plates isprovided with a vertically projecting pintle 49 rigid therewith, the twopintles upon each door being in vertical alinement. For holding thedoors rotatably in position between the bottom member 40 of the base andthe bottom member 50 of the main portion of the cabinet, a plate 51 isset into a recess provided therefor in the upper surface of the bottommember 40 of the base in front of the end of each of'the side members 41and 42, and held in position by means of screws 51 and a correspondingplate 52 is set into the lower surface of the. bottom member 50 of themain portion of the cabinet, opposite each plate 51 and held in positionby means of screws 52'. Between each pair of these plates in the bottommembers of the cabinet is mounted one of the doors 45, the pintles ofthe door engaging rotatably in apertures 53 provided therefor in theplates. Spring catches 53' are mounted in the upper side of the bottom40 of the base to hold the doors when closed.

For detachably securing the base of the cabinet to the main portionthereof bolts 54, preferably having round slotted heads 55, are passedthrough washers 55, apertures 56 provided therefor in the bottom memberof the base and are threaded into apertures 56 in plates 58 and 59secured to the under surface of the bottom member 50 of the main portionof the cabinet by means of screws 60, the Washers and heads ofthe boltsfitting in recesses provided therefor in the base, the outer ends of ofthe plate being flush with Each of names the under surface of the base.These latter plates 58 and 59 project downwardly from the under surfaceof the main portion of the cabinet and are arranged within and incontact laterally with the inner surfaces of the sides and rear end ofthe base of the cabinet to hold the sides and end of the base rigid andto facilitate the adjustment of the base in attaching and detaching itfrom the main portion of the cabinet. Two of these plates 58 are eachsubstantially L-shaped and are arranged to engage one in each rearcorner of the base, while the remaining two plates 59 are arranged oneupon each side of the cabinet to engage against the inner surfaces ofthe sides of the base. The axis of rotation of each door issubstantially in alinement with the outer flat surface of the adjacentside of the base, and the ends of the sides of the base are recessed attop and bottom as at 65 and 66 to receive the projecting portions 67 and68 of the end of the adjacent door when the door is opened.

For compactness, the projecting rear edge of the bottom 50 of the mainportion of -the cabinet is recessed as at 70 to receive the downwardlyprojecting portion ofthe hollow bracket 5, and the hollow bracket iscurved inwardly above this projecting portion 50 and toward the rearside of the cabinet to which it is secured by means of a base plate71,integral with the bracket and projecting laterally. upon oppositesides thereof, and which is detachably fastened to the back of thecabinet by means of thumb screws 7 2, which pass through aperturesprovided therefor in the base plate ,71 and the back of the cabinet andare threaded into a plate 73 upon the inside of the cabinet.

Although only one form has been described in which this invention may beembodied, it is obvious that many changes might be made in theconstruction set forth without departing from the spiritv of thisinvention or the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described the invention, I claim and desire to protect byLetters Patent of the United States "1. In a talking machine, thecombination with a cabinet comprising a body portion and a portionarranged below said body projecting portion in said base communicatingwith said portion and projecting laterally therefrom, of an upwardlyextending hollow bracket secured to said cabinet and extending outsidethereof close to and generally conforming to the outline of saidcabinet, and having a lower portion projecting through an aperturetherefor in one side of and in the top of said laterally projectingportion, and sound reproducing means communicating with said bracket.

a 2. In a talking machine the combination with a cabinet comprising amain portion for containing a niotor and a base having a portionprojecting laterally from said main portion, of a hollow bracket rigidlysecured to the exterior of said cabinet and projecting through anaperture therefor in one side of said base and the top of said laterallythereof, and an amplifier bracket.

3. In a talking machine the combination with a cabinet comprising a mainportion for containing a motor, and a base having a portion projectinglaterally from said main portion, of 'a hollow bracket rigidly securedto the exterior of said cabinet and projecting through an apertureprovided therefor in one side of said base and the top of the saidlaterally projecting portion thereof, and an amplifier in said basewholly supported by and communicating with said bracket.

I. In a talking machine the combination with a cabinet comprising a mainportion for containing a motor, and av base having a portion projectinglaterally from said main portion, of a hollow bracket rigidly secured tothe exterior of said cabinet and projecting through an aperture providedtherefor in one side of said base and the top of the said laterallyprojecting portion thereof, and an amplifier in said base carried by andcommunicating with said bracket. and said amplifier being entirely outof contact with said cabinet.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 27th day of May, A.D. 1909.

JOHN C. ENGLISH.

Witnesses EDWARD KARCHER MACEWAN, FRANK BARCLAY MIDDLETON, J r.

